An article on Canada.com reports that the Greater Vancouver regional district has only 42 days of water left. A hot summer with little rain has dried up the reservoirs, and water restrictions are in effect.

Oddly though, golf courses and car washes, among other businesses, are exempt from the restrictions. City council will analyze the weekend's water usage sometime next week and decide whether having green golf courses is more important than having enough water to drink.

I think extreme restrictions should have been imposed on everyone early in the summer, as soon as the reservoir level dropped to fifty percent.

But I shouldn't second-guess the wisdom of city council--they really know the business of running a city. And the mayor has a pretty good swing, I hear.

Link: Canada.com: Water bans eyed for business outlets